biography
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| (1875–1965)
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| biography:
| Korean statesman and president of South Korea (1948–60), born near Kaesong, S North Korea. Imprisoned (1897–1904) for his part in an independence campaign, he later went to the USA, returning to Japanese-annexed Korea in 1910. After the unsuccessful rising of 1919, he became president of the exiled Korean Provisional Government. On Japan's surrender (1945) he returned to become the first elected president of South Korea. Re-elected for a fourth term (1960), he was obliged to resign after a month following major riots and the resignation of his cabinet. He went into exile in Honolulu. |
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